Postage-stamp holder.



No. 738,660. PATENTED SEPT. 8. 1908.

J. H. BINNEY.

POSTAGE STAMP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED D30. 1, 1902.

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UNITE STATEs Patented September 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. BINNEY, or LILLYDALE, NEW YORK,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE TO I WILLIAM BACH, OF LILLYDALE, NEW YORK.

POSTAG E-sTAM P HOLDER.

S]? EGIFICATION forming part of Letters Ifatent No. 738,600, dated September 8, 1903. Application filed December 1,1902- Serial No. 133,502. (No model.)

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. BINNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lillydale,

in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, haye invented certain new and useful Improvements in Postage Stamp Holders;

and I do hereby declare the following to be'a,

full, clear, and exact description'of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference a manner that the stamps will not at any point contact with each other except at the edges thereof where they are joined and afterward can be delivered from an aperture in the end of the receptacle one at a time, as desired.

The features of this invention are hereinafter set forth and described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-:

Figure 1 is a side View in elevation of the device with a portion of the receptacle or case broken away,showing parts of the mechanism. Fig. 2 is a top or plan View of the same with the upper half of the receptacle or case removed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same on the line w a; in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an enlarged diagrammatic view of the roller and belt mechanism of my device.

In the drawings illustrating my invention, A is a receptacle or case, in one end of which there is anarrow slit or opening a. On a suitable frame O,inside of this case A, I mount two rollers adjacent tothe opening a, one, B, just above and the other, B, just below said opening. On this frame G,I also mount other rollers D, D,'and E, and secured to one side of the roller Dthere is a belt E, having an oiled, waxed, or otherwise prepared surface, to which the gummed surface of the stamps will not adhere, which extends around the roller B and back under the roller D and around the roller D a sufficient number of turns, after which the endfthereof is secured to one side of the roller D. Secured to the opposite side of the roller D there is another belt G of like material, which extends around the roller D and thence to, under, and around the roller B and back under the roller D and over the roller E to and again around the roller D a sufficient number of turns and then has its end g secured to the opposite side of the roller D from that at which the end f of the belt F is securedthereto.

On the shaft dof the roller D, outside of the supporting-frame C, in which it is mounted, I secure a gear-wheel H, and on the end of the shaft d of the roller D, I loosely mount a gear-wheel H, which projects up through an opening a. in the top of the case A and also intermeshes with the gear-wheel H, so that the operator can rotate both of said gearwheels by means of his finger or thumb applied to the projecting portion of the gearwheel H. On the end of the shaft d I also loosely mount a' ratchet-wheel I, connected with the gear-wheel H by means of a springactuated dog h, and outside of the ratchetwheel I and contacting therewith I secure upon theend of the shaft (1 a. friction-washer.

J, and onythe opposite end of the shaft 61, outside of the frame 0, I secure another friction-washer J which friction-washers cooperate to cause the ratchet-wheel I and the gear-whee1 H to rotate with the shaft 01, yet

permit of their non-rotation when there is too great strain thereon, While the ratchet mechanism allows any slack in the belts F and G to be taken up.

In operation when it is desired to insert a strip of stamps into the stamp-holder the rollers D and D are rotated, as hereinbefore described, until the belts F and'G are wound largely upon the roller D. If the 'end of a strip of stamps is then inserted through the opening a. between the portions of the belts F and G around the rollers B B and the traverselof the belts F and G is reversed, the

strip of stamps will be carried into the receptacle A between said belts and rolled around the roller D with both sides of the stamp in contact with the belts F and G alone. Now by again reversing the traverse of the belts the stamps will be delivered out of the case through the opening a, as desired.

I have thus shown and described a convenient mechanism embodying my invention which will enable others to construct and utilize the the same; but I do not desire .to confine myself to the exact construction of the invention herein shown and described.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a postage-stamp holder, a closed case having a slot in the end thereof, rollers mounted therein above and below said slot, two belt-rollers mounted therein, one roller receiving both belts when the mechanism is rotated in one direction, and the other roller receiving both belts when the mechanism is rotated in the opposite direction intermesh- 'ing gears on their shafts one of which projects through a slot in the top of the case, and belts secured to said beltrollers, passing reaeco around the first-named rollers, substantially as set forth.

2. In a postage-stamp holder, a closed case having a slot in the end thereof, rollers mounted therein above and below said slot, two belt-rollers mounted in said case, afixed gear on the shaft of one roller, a loose gear on the shaft of the other belt-roller intermeshing with the first-named gear and projecting through a slot in the top of the case, ratchet mechanism and friction-disks connecting said loose gear with the shaft, and two belts passing around the rollers adjacent to the slot in the end of the case, and having their ends secured to opposite sides of said belt-rollers, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. BINNEY.

Witnesses:

LEROY M. SMITH, C. V. ORONYN. 

